Azzedine Alaïa: The Couturier is Monsieur Alaïa’s first UK Retrospective

Conceived and co-curated with Monsieur Alaïa before his death in November 2017, the exhibition charts his incredible journey from sculptor to couturier, his nonconformist nature and his infectious energy for fashion, friendship and the female body. Housed inside the Design Museum in London, the first Alaïa solo exhibition in the UK, this visual diary of a show of all his work ranges from the rare to the iconic and spanning the early 1980s to his most recent collection in 2017.

Unlike many of his contemporaries, Alaïa personally constructed each garment by hand and refused to bow to the pressures of fashion week deadlines, instead working to his own schedule. His collaborative approach earned him an esteemed client list, including Greta Garbo, Grace Jones, Michelle Obama and Rihanna.